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Birthday
May 7 1949
Location
Albany Westren Australia
About Me
I am a retired academic who has spent a lifetime writing "learned" papers. I also write blogs for a London law firm on the very difficult topic of child abuse. http://www.aoadvocates.com/blog/ Now I feel I want to attempt to fulfil my lifetime ambition of becoming a real writer.
Type of Writer
Poetry; essays; children's stories.
Writing Style
I prefer the first person as a general rule although what I write is not necessarily autobiographical.
Interests
Language; philosophy; politics; theology; embroidery and quilting; snorkelling in the pristine waters of Western Australia's rainbow coast; gardening.
Favorite Genres
Poetry; Short Stories; Essays;
Favorite Books
Sophie's World; The Old Curiosity Shop; Sorrows of an American; Notes from an Exhibition; Twilight of Love: Travels with Turgenev;
Favorite Authors
Charles Dickens; Jostein Gaarder; Siri Hustvedt; Ivan Turganev; Robert Dessaix; Patrick Gale;
Favorite Poets
Raine Maria Rilke; Pablo Neruda; Thomas Traherne; Judith Wright; Margaret Scott; William Wordsworth; John Clare; John Keats; Leonard Cohen; Mary Spain; WB Yeats;
Favorite Quote
"The heart is the chief feature of a functioning mind" Frank Lloyd Wright
Favorite Music
Gerald Finzi's Dies Natalis and almost anything by Beethoven, Bach, Handel, and Leonard Cohen.
Favorite Movies
The Secret of Roan Inish; Bridges of Madison County; The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer; My Brilliant Career;
Favorite Shows
A Poet's Guide to Britain; Foyle's War; Morse; Call the Midwife; Downton Abbey;
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